Give your students the math reference materials that help them instantly! These math helper charts are jam-packed with academic content to help your learners be successful. NEW! The set now also includes international math helper pages with

Are you in need of a quick behavior contract that will help your student focus to improve behavior that as disruptive to learning? This set is simple and customizable for your situation and helps students focus on their responsibility and being

“If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon” by Ellen Levine, published by Scholastic (ISBN 0-590-45158-8), is a great non-fiction book for students to read to accompany your Oregon Trail unit. Students enjoy the colorful photos and easy to read text

What better way to get to know your students (and their writing abilities) than with an "I Am" poem writing assignment about themselves?
During the first few weeks of school, students will write a 3-stanza poem about themselves. The poems help

This is a 5th Grade "Tales of a Fifth Grade Someone" memory book that is sure to be a keepsake and engaging writing project that keeps students focused at the end of the year.
This book is 1/2 page format. There are 5 book cover choices, each with

This is great set of colorful and helpful math desk name plates in cursive AND manuscript! Just open PowerPoint and replace the sample text with your student names and print great looking and helpful name tags. Best yet, use them every year!There

This is the ultimate set of language arts reference pages ready to print and glue onto a file folder. These ELA lapbooks for grades 3-5 give reference materials to help students be independent learners. These pages are jam packed with academic

The 12 Days of Christmas song inspired these daily grammar reviews. Each of the 12 days has a worksheet format and a task card format with a recoding booklet to cover different essential grammar skills (see list below).
The worksheets are provided

This fun and engaging Christmas math lesson that uses the song, The 12 Days of Christmas, as its inspiration. Students watch a SMART Board lesson introduction, watch a YouTube animated video, then try to figure out how many gifts the were given in

Make a poetry reference tool with this figurative language interactive notebook set. Students will learn the definitions and give examples under the flap with this simple to cut set.
Included are the figurative language foldable templates for the

This set of grade book essential forms is provided in editable PDF format! Most PDF can only be printed and handwritten into. With editable PDFs, you get the cute fonts and graphics on the forms, the formatting stays in place, but you are able to

Create a special keepsake book of sixth grade memories that students will fill with details of the year they’ve spent in your classroom! Each student book has a simple star-theme and has a 18 different topic pages inside of reflections on the

Students need reminders of strategies that good readers use. This set of 8 posters in 4 font choices and colors is written in first person voice so students can ask themselves the questions as they read.
The poster set is great for helping with

Writing is more fun when it’s written on a special Christmas paper! This set of 122 pages of holiday writing papers are designed for primary and intermediate grades with fun borders and cute graphics.
The writing papers are lined and also unlined

The 12 Days of Christmas song inspired these fun Christmas math word problems. There are 12 math problems, with at least 2 responses needed for each of the 12 days of Christmas, with questions themed to match each of the 12 days of Christmas.

Now dated up to 2020 or use the editable PDF to type your date.
The memory books are special keepsake book of fourth grade memories that students will fill with details of the year they’ve spent in your classroom! Each student book prints in half

Teach and reinforce figurative language with these 4 Cootie Catchers and store them in the interactive notebook storage pocket included in the set. Make learning figurative language fun!
Also included in this set is a PowerPoint slideshow and

Students use fractions to increase a recipe in baking. You will take the apple crisp recipe and increase it so it might feed the entire class and if you choose to actually bake it, directions for baking in a Dutch oven or regular oven are

The CCSS Reading Literacy Standards ask students to read and respond to poetry.
This poetry reflection form can be used with any poem and addresses five of the reading literacy standards every time you read and reflect on a poem.
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I'm now retired from 34 years teaching in Oregon's public schools and am passionate about helping other teachers by sharing what worked for me. I've taught blends and large class sizes of 30+ students, so the independent projects and activities I developed got students focused and gave me time to teach curriculum to students in the other grade level.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I give students choices using projects, activities, and hands-on materials and integrate technology everywhere possible to get the highest results.

Students rise to our expectations, so we must teach each child as if he or she is gifted and talented. Expect a lot, get a lot!

Students should not have to ask, "When are we ever going to use this?" If you teach with real life applications, they will KNOW.

I live on in Oregon on a 10-acre farm in Oregon with my husband and our sixth Golden Retriever. Our only daughter is a Physical Therapist in New England. I enjoy family times, kayaking, traveling and camping, quilting, reading, and exploring the great outdoors.
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